Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott issued a ban on Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek for government-issued devices, becoming the first state to restrict the popular chatbot in such a manner. The upstart AI platform has sent shockwaves throughout the AI community after gaining popularity amongst American users in recent weeks.The governor also prohibited popular Chinese-owned social media apps Xiaohongshu, or what some are calling R…

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Texas ordered a ban on the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek on government devices days after the popular chatbot has shook investors and the tech community in recent weeks for its ability to compete with OpenAI. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott also…

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) banned state officials from using Chinese-owned technology such as DeepSeek and RedNote on government devices Friday. “Texas will not allow the Chinese Communist Party to infiltrate our state’s critical infrastructure through data-harvesting AI and social media apps,” Abbott said in a press release. “Texas will continue to protect and defend…

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Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott (Greg Abbott) issued an executive order prohibiting the installation of chat bots developed by DeepSeek, a new Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company, on public service equipment, making it the first state in the US to adopt such restrictions on the AI platform.

德州共和黨州長格雷格·阿博特（Greg Abbott）發布行政命令，禁止在公務設備上安裝中國人工智能（AI）新創公司DeepSeek開發的聊天機器人，成為全美第一個對該AI平台採取此類限制的州。

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Jan. 31 issued a ban on the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) app DeepSeek and five other Chinese-owned social media apps from government-issued devices.
State employees and contractors will not be allowed to download or use the banned apps on both state-owned and personal devices they use for work, according to the governor’s statement.
The ban includes DeepSeek and Chinese social media apps Lemon8, owned by TikTok’…

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The governor also prohibited popular Chinese-owned social media apps RedNote, and Lemon8 from all state-issued devices.

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Gov. Greg Abbott orders ban on DeepSeek, RedNote for government devices

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott issued a ban on Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek for government-issued devices, becoming the first state to restrict the popular chatbot in such a manner. The upstart AI platform has sent shockwaves throughout the AI community after gaining popularity amongst American users in recent weeks. The governor also prohibited popular Chinese-owned social media apps Xiaohongshu, or what some are calling …

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"Texas will not allow the Chinese Communist Party to infiltrate our state’s critical infrastructure through data-harvesting AI and social media apps," Abbott said.

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